While this may not be a shocking revelation, the serious health repercussions may be.

Button batteries — the thin, coin-sized batteries found in everything from watches to children’s toys — can burn a hole in the esophagus in less than two hours. It can also burn into the aorta and cause a child to bleed to death, said Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Electa Draper is the health writer for The Denver Post and has covered every news beat in a 22-year journalism career at three newspapers. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's in journalism.